(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that some persons are working behind the scenes over the arrest of the Yoruba. nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. The governor disclosed this on Saturday while addressing journalists at the Polling Unit 019 Ward 08, Ikoyi II, where he cast his vote […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has warned intending pilgrims against abscondment. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, gave the warning at the kick-off of the 2020 main pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Jordan. The event was held on Saturday at the Yakubu Gowon International Airport Heipang, near Jos, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As results begin to trickle in, candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have won the council polls in Badagry, Epe, Agege local government areas of Lagos state. The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) declared Mr Olusegun Onilude, the incumbent APC Chairman of the Badagry Local Council, the winner. LASIEC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boko Haram militants overrun an army base in Cameroon’s Far North region on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding several others, said military and local sources. They hit the base in Sagme locality of the region by 4.00 a.m. local time on Saturday, two soldiers and a local resident told […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Referees Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, has slammed indefinite suspension on 12 of its members over alleged misconducts while officiating different Matches in the ongoing 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League. The affected Referees have been summoned to appear before the Nigeria Football Federation Referees Committee to answer questions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Yoruba nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho yesterday made good his threat to sue the federal authorities over the July 2 raid of his Sooka, Ibadan residence by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS). Igboho filed a suit at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, against the DSS […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), says the ongoing crisis in Gaza is part of reasons why pilgrims from Nigeria will not go to Israel but the Kingdom of Jordan to perform this year’s pilgrimage. Mr Ayuba Pam, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An ex-banker, Ebenezer Alonge along with his wife, Olamide and his mother in-law Moradeke Isakunle have been convicted for theft of the Nigeria Customs fund. Mr Wilson Uwujarem, the Head of the Media of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement he issued on Friday in lbadan, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State said his administration would follow the blasphemy case involving Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara to the logical conclusion. He stated the government’s position when he paid Sallah visit to the leader of Qadiriyya Movement, Sheikh Khalifa Qaribullahi Nasiru-Kabara at Qadiriyya House, Kano. The Chief Press Secretary to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Guinea’s five athletes will participate in the Tokyo Olympics after all, a statement from the West African nation’s sports ministry said on Thursday. This reverses the previous day’s decision to suspend its participation in the Games citing the pandemic. On Wednesday, Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow said in a letter to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both severe and critical COVID-19 presentation at hospital admission and in-hospital mortality, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report which was released last week at the 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021) found […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kaduna State on Thursday confirmed the escape of two of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of the state ASP Mohammed Jalige, the Command’s Public Relations Officer said in a press statement that information reached the Command about the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants at the high-level virtual conference organized by African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), an independent, not-for-profit Pan-African policy research and advocacy centre, have renewed the call to stop violence against children in Africa. ACPF was established in 2003 out of concern about the situation of the African child and the need for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Osita Okechukwu, has stated that President Muhannadu Buhari did not reach an agreement with the party’s national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu concerning the 2023 presidency. Recall that Senator Rufai Hanga, first chairman of defunct political […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise and Centre for Change, has tasked Benin Republic not to extradite Sunday Igboho to Nigeria. “Igboho will come to grief if he is extradited to Nigeria under the prevailing circumstances,” she said in a statement on Wednesday. It could be recalled that Igboho was arrested on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) on Thursday appeared in a Beninoise court in Cotonou on immigration-related offences. He is expected back in court Friday, according to a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Yoruba report monitored in Lagos. Information about the nature of the “immigration-related offences” remained scanty last night. The charges against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government has donated 453,600 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to further support the fight against the virus in Ethiopia. This is coming in line with the U.S. government’s global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The donated vaccines are part of the U.S. pledge to initially […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming elective congresses of the All progressive Congress APC, the Enugu state Chapter of the party has warned its leaders and other Stakeholders against any attempt to compile delegate lists in private residences, saying such act may land them in trouble. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting at the party’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Emir of Karaye in Kano State, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar II, has directed Imams in the emirate to offer special prayers for rainfall and peace. The Emir gave the directive on Wednesday, through the emirate Information Officer, Haruna Gunduwawa, in a statement. He said that the Emir directed all District and Village […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government says it has uncovered 41 employees classified as “No Show”, a euphemism for ghost workers. A statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde, said the discovery was made by the consultants engaged to verify its workforce. According […]
